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(11) EP 0 509 793 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/35

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/43

(21) Application number: 92303399.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.04.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G11B 15/675, G11B 25/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES GB

(30) Priority: 16.04.1991 JP 83873/91
16.04.1991 JP 83874/91
16.04.1991 JP 83876/91
17.04.1991 JP 85070/91

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka-fu, 571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shiokawa, Hiroshi
    Toyonaka-shi (JP)
  • Ura, Toshikazu
    Minoo-shi (JP)
  • Konishi, Akio
    Hirakata-shi (JP)
  • Yoshio, Hideaki
    Moriguchi-shi (JP)

(74) Representative: Sorrell, Terence Gordon et al
Fitzpatricks, Cardinal Court, 23, Thomas More Street
London E1 9YY
London E1 9YY (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Cassette loading device


    (57) There is disclosed a cassette loading device of a compact, lightweight, thin type for use in a video movie or the like. An opening lever is pivotally mounted on a stand, and is engaged in a cam groove with a top plate. With this arrangement, the opening lever is accommodated within a longitudinal dimension of a cassette, and therefore the loading device in the direction of the longitudinal dimension of the cassette can be greatly reduced. The cassette is moved through the pivotal movement of the top plate and arms, and with this arrangement operating switches and so on can be easily mounted on a plane of projection of the top plate. Therefore, the positional stability of the cassette loading device can be achieved, and the number of component parts can be reduced, thereby achieving a compact, lightweight construction of the cassette loading device.






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